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and by Heads of Departments to explain the provisions of
the Ordinance and more particularly the advantages it
offers to contributors as compared with the Ordinances
which it supersedes. These explanations coupled with the
fact that the Directors and Contributors who last year
were in favour of a scheme of compulsory Insurance had
discovered that no Insurance Company would offer as good
terms as are contained in the Rules and Pension Tables
attached to the Ordinance, produced a revulsion of feeling
among contributors in favour of the proposal of Government
to take over the Fund.
Before the second reading of the
Ordinance, the Chairman of Directors was able to report
that of the contributors whom it had been possible to
consult 406 either expressed their approval of, or raised
no objection to, the proposals of the Government; while 37
were opposed to the transfer. There are other 167 contri-
-butors whose views owing to their absence on leave, or
otherwise, it was not possible to obtain. If all of these
were opposed there would still be a majority of 212 in
favour of the transfer of the Fund to Government. None of
the dissentients except the Chief Justice desires to
press his views. I attach a letter from Sir F. Piggott
containing
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